“What’s this?” she asked, reading the cover. A man and a woman playing basketball in the rain. “ Edho Edho Nadakkuthu? Sounds like a village melodrama.”
The tears came during the separation scene. When Kajol’s character, now Tina, whispered in pure, aching Tamil: “Avan en uyir… aanaal avanukku adhu theriyaadhu.” (He is my life… but he doesn’t know that.) Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Dubbed In Tamil
Meera burst into the video shop. Kannan was stacking tapes. “What’s this
Every Friday, Meera marched into “Kannan’s Video Paradise” and demanded the same thing: “Any new Tamil movie. No Hindi. No dubs.” Sounds like a village melodrama
“You?” She stared. “You made Rahul sound like a real Madurai rowdy. You made Tina’s pain feel like our neighbor’s story. You made ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’… ours .”
A small but trendy DVD rental shop in Madurai, 2004.
Shah Rukh Khan’s Rahul opened his mouth—and spoke flawless, cool, Madurai Tamil. Not the formal, textbook kind. The kind with swagger. “ Dei, Anjali! Indha letter-ai nee padicha, naan engineering college poiruvan da! ” (Hey, Anjali! If you read this letter, I’m going to engineering college!)